Acute Flaccid Myelitis Update

These 201 confirmed cases are among the total of 364 reports that CDC received of patients under investigation.

We continue to get regular updates from the CDC about AFM.

Unfortunately, we aren’t getting the real answer we were looking for – how to stop the outbreak.

Acute Flaccid Myelitis Update

Since the last update, we have learned that:

the case count is up to 201 confirmed cases (up from 196 last week)

an additional 163 cases are under investigation (up from 161 last week)

cases have been reported in 40 states (up from 39 last week – Utah is the new state)

That means that we have clearly exceeded the last record of 149 cases in 2016.

There are also 47 confirmed cases and 29 cases (up 1) under investigation in Canada this year.

In other news:

the CSTE will be issuing issued a new statement on AFM reporting reaffirming that they “are confident state and local health departments are working closely with doctors to ensure suspected cases are reported.”